Phil Driscoll - Warriors

Thursday 1st November 1990
Phil Driscoll - Warriors
Phil Driscoll - Warriors

STYLE: Pop
RATING 6 6 6 6 6 6
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 20645-
LABEL: DaySpring 7014197576
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1

Reviewed by Tony Cummings

Definitely an acquired taste: I have one friend who firmly believes Phil Driscoll is the greatest living Christian musician - but then that particular friend is a trumpeter. I know someone else who is prepared to fling themselves bodily from any room which begins to play a Phil Driscoll album. The thing with Mr Driscoll is that the elements that go to make up his particular unique brand of music are as unlikely a mixture as you'll find. First a trumpet playing style which so abounds in technique that many of his solos veer towards the musical equivalent of conjuring tricks, the trumpet being forced by sheer willpower and lung power to soar to stratospheric heights where music stops and dog whistles begin. Second you take a voice so raspingly choked that it makes Joe Cocker (in whose band Phil once played) sound like a silky smooth crooner. And finally add accompaniments, which take elements of soul, jazz and inspirational ballads and usually end in climaxes where funky rhythm sections, symphony orchestras and kitchen sinks are doing aural battle. 'Warriors' an album recorded live in New York is archetypal Driscoll, brilliant, soulful, maudlin, triumphalistic, exciting and unlistenable by degrees. Everybody should hear one album by Mr Driscoll. If you've yet to indulge leap in with 'Warriors'.

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Reader Comments

Posted by Danie Goosen in South Africa @ 11:45 on Jun 26 2021

The very first time Phils voice fill the room when I listen to the CD.It filled me with admiration for his craft and appreciation for his voice that cause me to get tears in my eyes.This is the way to praise our God with reverence and adoration. Thank you for your music you're a Warrior in the front ranks walking around Jericho.



Posted by raimundo in funcionario publico @ 18:15 on Nov 7 2006

desejo obter todos os albuns de gravações de cd do trompetista phil driscoll, mas não sei como adiquiri-los pois aqui no Brasil esta muito dificel de se encontrar.



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